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Drawing on examples from the arts, humanities, and design, this book shows how different disciplines approach the universal goal of supporting well-being. Key reading for students and professionals in architecture, urban planning, and design.

The first-ever guide to help current and future design professionals to succeed in the frantic new world of work and technology. Essential reading for students and professionals wanting to navigate a fast-moving, uncertain future with confidence.

The third edition of Construction Project Management: An Integrated Approach is aimed at students and project managers from different disciplines and provides a broad and practical approach relevant to the whole project life cycle.

Integrates both conceptual and hands-on quantitative knowledge on construction equipment into a process that facilitates student learning. Includes both commercial and heavy civil examples and case studies. A companion website provides an instructor manual, solutions, additional examples, lecture slides, figures and diagrams.

Includes case studies from real jobsites that cover: organisation, procurement, estimating, scheduling, subcontractors, communications, quality and cost control, change orders, claims and disputes, safety, close outs, BIM, sustainability and Lean.

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, weaving together art, philosophy, history and literature, this book investigates the landscapes and buildings of Swedish architect Erik Gunnar Asplund. Through critical essays and beautiful illustrations focusing on four projects, it addresses the topic of buildings accompanied by landscapes.

This established textbook provides an understanding of materials' behaviour through knowledge of their chemical and physical structure. It offers clear and comprehensive analysis on the full range of materials used in construction, to form a must-have for civil engineering students and those on architecture, surveying and construction courses.

"This book provides a contemporary introduction and guide to building services design, for students and practitioners alike"--